UN concerned about 2 Palestinians on hunger strike

By The Associated Press
| 10:19 a.m.May 3, 2012

Israeli Arab protestors hold posters depicting Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, Thaer Halahleh, left, and Bilal Diab, right, as a hearing in their case takes place nearby in Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem Thursday, May 3, 2012. A Palestinian rights group said recently that half of about 5,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel are on a hunger strike, demanding an end to imprisonment without trial as well as better conditions.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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Israeli Arab protestors hold posters depicting Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, Thaer Halahleh, left, and Bilal Diab, right, as a hearing in their case takes place nearby in Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem Thursday, May 3, 2012. A Palestinian rights group said recently that half of about 5,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel are on a hunger strike, demanding an end to imprisonment without trial as well as better conditions.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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Israeli Arab protestors hold posters depicting Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, Thaer Halahleh, left, and Bilal Diab, right, as a hearing in their case takes place nearby in Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem Thursday, May 3, 2012. A Palestinian rights group said recently that half of about 5,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel are on a hunger strike, demanding an end to imprisonment without trial as well as better conditions.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)— AP

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Israeli Arab protestors hold posters depicting Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, Thaer Halahleh, left, and Bilal Diab, right, as a hearing in their case takes place nearby in Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem Thursday, May 3, 2012. A Palestinian rights group said recently that half of about 5,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel are on a hunger strike, demanding an end to imprisonment without trial as well as better conditions.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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Veiled Palestinian Islamic Jihad supporters participate in a rally supporting Palestinian inmates on hunger strike since mid-April 2012, in Gaza City, Thursday, May 3, 2012. A Palestinian rights group said recently that half of about 5,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel are on a hunger strike, demanding an end to imprisonment without trial as well as better conditions.(AP Photo/Adel Hana)— AP

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Veiled Palestinian Islamic Jihad supporters participate in a rally supporting Palestinian inmates on hunger strike since mid-April 2012, in Gaza City, Thursday, May 3, 2012. A Palestinian rights group said recently that half of about 5,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel are on a hunger strike, demanding an end to imprisonment without trial as well as better conditions.(AP Photo/Adel Hana)
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